Cardiovascular effects of implanted acrylic bone cement.

Side-effects of acrylic cement implanted into bone. A histologicl, (micro)angiographic, fluorescence-microscopic and autoradiog-aphic study in the rabbit femur.

Acrylic antibiotic-loaded bone cement: a basic study

  Abstract   Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of antibiotic-loaded bone   cement in controlling local infection and in regard to its physical characteristics, elastic   modulus, and tensile strength in-vitro.   Methods: Acrylic bone cement, based on polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) was   mixed with the powder form of three antibiotics, i.e., gentamicin, tobramycin, and...

Acrylic cement creeps but does not allow much subsidence of femoral stems.

It has been suggested that the endurance of cemented femoral reconstructions in total hip arthroplasty is affected by the creep of acrylic cement, but it is not known to what extent cement creeps under loading conditions in vivo, or how this affects load transfer. We have simulated the long-term creep properties of acrylic cement in finite-element models of femoral stem constructs and analysed ...

Critical evaluation of pulse-echo ultrasonic test method for the determination of setting and mechanical properties of acrylic bone cement: influence of mixing technique.

Currently there is no reliable objective method to quantify the setting properties of acrylic bone cements within an operating theatre environment. Ultrasonic technology can be used to determine the acoustic properties of the polymerising bone cement, which are linked to material properties and provide indications of the physical and chemical changes occurring within the cement. The focus of th...

The Biocompatibility of Porous vs Non-Porous Bone Cements: A New Methodological Approach

Composite cements have been shown to be biocompatible, bioactive, with good mechanical properties and capability to bind to the bone. Despite these interesting characteristic, in vivo studies on animal models are still incomplete and ultrastructural data are lacking. The acquisition of new ultrastructural data is hampered by uncertainties in the methods of preparation of histological samples du...